I went to a Bible Rodeo for kids.
They practiced for a week leading up to the event.
They had real animals.
They roped them, they tied them, they wrestled them.
They were as comfortable on horses as city kids who ride skateboards or bicycles.
They practiced all week for this rodeo.
Every night they had Chapel Time by a local Pastor who was dedicated to the camp schedule.
The kids weren’t looking at their phones.
They were talking to each other, feeding and watering the animals, themselves
and sitting around talking when they weren’t doing something necessary.
When the day finally came, they started with Baptisms.
There were 10 or so kids who chose to get baptized in the cow feeding trough
with the grandstands filled with parents and friends to watch the Kids’ Rodeo.
I felt like I was back in time.
This was the way they lived, something many of these families have done year after year,
with all of their kids. I noticed the traditions of the farmers and the ranchers and those who live in the country that are involved in their lives of their livelihood and individual farms.
Are they closer to God? Maybe.
They struggle with some of the same things that all kids do.
Unforgiveness, not being good to each other, and all the other struggles humans may have.
These kids seem to have a good sense of compassion and are ready to help others.
Sin is still there and God calls for repentance from His people as His people call upon His name.
There are fewer distractions but life is still hard
and God still requires us all to carry our crosses and follow Him whether we live in the city or the country.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
\ear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing,
whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Ecclesiastes 12:13-14